CVE-2018-8769

elfutils 0.170 has a buffer over-read in the ebl_dynamic_tag_name function of libebl/ebldynamictagname.c because SYMTAB_SHNDX is unsupported.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22976	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:elfutils_project:elfutils:0.170:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2018-03-17 23:29

Updated : 2019-10-02 17:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-8769

Mitre link : CVE-2018-8769

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

Products Affected

elfutils_project

elfutils

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7.8 /10